''Mesovagus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are amo ...
s found in
Indian
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and
Pacific Ocean
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.
[Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2016): ''Mesovagus'', a replacement name for the grenadier genus ''Mesobius'' Hubbs and Iwamoto 1977 (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae), a junior homonym of ''Mesobius'' Chamberlin 1951 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 120–122.'']
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Mesovagus antipodum''
( C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977) (Bathypelagic rattail)
* ''
Mesovagus berryi''
( C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977) (Berry's grenadier)
References
Macrouridae
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